@loopback/rest-crud

REST API controller implementing default CRUD semantics.

Overview

This module allows applications to quickly expose models via REST API without having to implement custom controller or repository classes.

Installation

npm install --save @loopback/rest-crud

Basic use

@loopback/rest-crud exposes two helper methods (defineCrudRestController and defineCrudRepositoryClass) for creating controllers and respositories using code.

For the examples in the following sections, we are assuming a model named Product, and a datasource named db have already been created.

Creating a CRUD Controller

Here is how you would use defineCrudRestController for exposing the CRUD endpoints of an existing model with a respository.

1. Create a REST CRUD controller class for your model.

   const ProductController = defineCrudRestController<
     Product,
     typeof Product.prototype.id,
     'id'
   >(Product, {basePath: '/products'});

2. Set up dependency injection for the ProductController.

   inject('repositories.ProductRepository')(ProductController, undefined, 0);

3. Register the controller with your application.

   app.controller(ProductController);

Creating a CRUD repository

Use the defineCrudRepositoryClass method to create named repositories (based on the Model) for your app.

Usage example:

const ProductRepository = defineCrudRepositoryClass(Product);
this.repository(ProductRepository);
inject('datasources.db')(ProductRepository, undefined, 0);

Integrated example

Here is an example of an app which uses defineCrudRepositoryClass and defineCrudRestController to fulfill its repository and controller requirements.

export class TryApplication extends BootMixin(
  ServiceMixin(RepositoryMixin(RestApplication)),
) {
  constructor(options: ApplicationConfig = {}) {
    ...
  }

  async boot():Promise<void> {
    await super.boot();

    const ProductRepository = defineCrudRepositoryClass(Product);
    const repoBinding = this.repository(ProductRepository);

    inject('datasources.db')(ProductRepository, undefined, 0);

    const ProductController = defineCrudRestController<
    Product,
    typeof Product.prototype.id,
    'id'
    >(Product, {basePath: '/products'});

    inject(repoBinding.key)(ProductController, undefined, 0);
    this.controller(ProductController);
  }
}

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Tests

Run npm test from the root folder.

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License

MIT